{"id":237,"date":"2025-02-05T14:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T05:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nit-oawp.accloud.jp\/en\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T05:06:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/trends\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the \u201cBasic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in FY2025, recipients of targeted competitive research fundings will be required to make their academic publications and associated research data openly accessible through institutional repositories or other approved platforms immediately upon publication in an academic journal*.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Target Competitive Research Grants<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t<figure class=\"col-lg-3 text-center pe-lg-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/about-img01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"737\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-238 img-mw-s\"><\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"col-lg-9\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"list\">\n\t\t\t<li>JSPS: KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>JST: Strategic Basic Research Programs (with some exclusions)<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>AMED: Strategic Basic Research Programs<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li>JST: FOREST (Fusion Oriented Research for disruptive Science and Technology)<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n\t\t<h2>Materials Required for Open Access<\/h2>\n\n\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"col-lg-3 text-center ps-lg-4 order-lg-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/about-img02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"729\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239 img-mw-s\"><\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-9\">\n\t\t\t\n\t    \t\t<table>\n\t    \t\t  <tbody>\n\t    \t\t    <tr>\n\t    \t\t      <th scope=\"row\" style=\"width: 15%\">Academic Publications<\/th>\n\t    \t\t      <td><p>Peer-reviewed research papers published in electronic journals, including author accepted manuscripts<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fs-7 indent-1 mb-0\">Note: Preprints are excluded<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fs-7 indent-1 mb-0\">Institutional bulletin papers are included if peer-reviewed<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fs-7 indent-1 mb-0\">Eligible papers include peer-reviewed Japanese-language publications in electronic journals<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t    \t\t    <\/tr>\n\t    \t\t    <tr>\n\t    \t\t      <th scope=\"row\">Supporting Research Data<\/th>\n\t    \t\t      <td><p>Data that journals require authors to make available as part of their publication policies and submission guidelines to ensure research transparency and reproducibility<\/p><\/td>\n\t    \t\t    <\/tr>\n\t    \t\t  <\/tbody>\n\t    \t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<h3>*Regarding the Deposit of Academic Papers and Supporting Data in \u201cInstitutional Repositories and Other Information Infrastructure Platforms\u201d<\/h3>\n\t<p>Publications and supporting data must be deposited through one of the following approved methods. The deposited version must be either the publisher\u2019s version or the author\u2019s accepted manuscript.<\/p>\n\t<h4>Deposit in Institutional Repositories<\/h4>\n\t<p>When recipients of targeted competitive research funding are affiliated with an institution that has an institutional repository, they must, in principle, deposit their academic papers and supporting data in that institutional repository.<\/p>\n\t<h4>Deposit in Information Infrastructure Platforms Other than Institutional Repositories<\/h4>\n\t<p>In the following cases, the recipient will be considered to have fulfilled the deposit requirement for academic papers and supporting data in \u201cInstitutional Repositories and Other Information Infrastructure Platforms\u201d:<\/p>\n\t<ul class=\"list\">\n\t\t<li>When deposited in discipline-specific repositories discoverable through the National Institute of Informatics Research Data Cloud (NII RDC)<\/li>\n\t\t<li>When papers and data are deposited in platforms not searchable through NII RDC:<br>\n\t\t\tAuthors must include identifiers for the academic papers and supporting data in their reporting to the funding agency. These materials must be made searchable on NII RDC through the funding agency\u2019s research project database and other systems.<\/li>\n\t\t<li>When academic papers and supporting data are deposited in Jxiv or the repository being developed by the JST (tentatively named \u201cGRANTS Data\u201d)<\/li>\n\t\t<li>When academic papers and supporting data are made immediately open access on publishers\u2019 electronic journals, provided that identifiers for these academic papers and supporting data are included in performance reports to the funding agency, and these materials are made searchable on NII RDC through the funding agency\u2019s research project database and other systems<\/li>\n\t\t<li>When academic papers and supporting data are made searchable on NII RDC through other means<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<hr>\n\n<h2>Definition of \u201cImmediate\u201d<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<ul class=\"list mb-4\">\n\t<li>The \u201cimmediate\u201d open access required by this basic policy means there must be no embargo period (period prohibiting public access) after academic papers and supporting data are published in academic journals.<\/li>\n\t<li>\u201cPublication in academic journals\u201d refers to when academic papers are published in electronic form. When an academic paper is published electronically ahead of its assignment to a specific volume, issue, and page numbers, this early electronic publication is considered the \u201cpublication in academic journals.\u201d<\/li>\n\t<li>While there are no specific regulations regarding the time required for procedures to deposit materials in \u201cInstitutional Repositories and Other Information Infrastructure Platforms\u201d after journal publication, since this varies depending on institutional systems and other factors, it is recommended that materials be made publicly available through \u201cInstitutional Repositories and Other Information Infrastructure Platforms\u201d within approximately three months after journal publication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/cstp\/openscience\/r6_0221\/hosaku.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">From \u201cSpecific Measures for Implementation of the \u2018Basic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers\u2019 (Integrated Innovation Strategy Promotion Council Decision of February 16, 2024)\u201d<\/a>(February 21, 2024, Revised on October 8, 2024, Agreement among Related Government Ministries and Agencies)<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<hr>\n<h2>Reference Links for the \u201cBasic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers\u201d<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"linklist\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/cstp\/oa_240216.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Full Text of the \u201cBasic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers\u201d(Japanese only)<\/a>\n\t<p class=\"ms-3\">(Integrated Innovation Strategy Promotion Council, February 16, 2024)<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/cstp\/openscience\/r6_0221\/hosaku.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u201dSpecific Measures for Implementation of the Basic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers\u201d(Japanese only)<\/a>\n\t<p class=\"ms-3\">(Agreement among Related Government Ministries and Agencies, February 21, 2024)(Revised on October 8, 2024)<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/cstp\/oa_houshin_setsumei.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u201dOpen Access Policy for Japanese Academic Papers\u201d(Japanese only)<\/a>\n\t<p class=\"ms-3\">(Cabinet Office, Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Office, April 25-26, 2024)<\/p><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/cstp\/oa_houshin_faq.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u201dFAQ on the Basic Policy for Achieving Immediate Open Access to Academic Papers and Specific Measures for Its Implementation\u201d(Japanese only)<\/a>\n\t<p class=\"ms-3\">(Cabinet Office, Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Office, July 9, 2024)(Revised on October 8, 2024)<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beginning in FY2025, recipients of targeted competitive research fundings will be required to make their acade...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":232,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oa.web.nitech.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}